Shakspeare's songs and sonnets
By: illustrated by John Gilbert.
Contributors: Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897.; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895.; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.; Brooks, Vincent (printer); Leighton, Son and Hodge
Publisher: Sampson Low, Son and Co.
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Illustrations
Genres: Illustrations
Other titles: Shakespeare's songs and sonnets; Songs and sonnets
Work titles: Songs.
Notes: Preface signed "J.C." [i.e. Joseph Cundall]

"The ten chromolithographs drawn on stone and printed by Vincent Brooks. The thirty-two woodcuts engraved and printed by Edmund Evans".

The wood-engraved illustrations within the text were also used in an 1863 edition of this title by the same publisher, and reproduced by lithography in an [1888] edition published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Ltd.  See McLean O 566 and McLean O 567.

Illustrations were also used in an edition of this title published [between 1871 and 1875] by Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle.  See McLean D 1002.

MASS copy 1: Bound in red morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind. Binder's ticket: Leighton Son and Hodge.

MASS copy 2: Bound in maroon morocco blocked in gold and blind in the same design as copy 1. Binder's ticket: Leighton Son and Hodge.